#1 of 1,149 Highest-grossing biography movie ever
2026 · Biography, Drama
$1B worldwide
$372.3M US & Canada · 36% $656.4M elsewhere · 64%
Biography box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Biography Movies of All Time, Page 11
Michael (2026) is the highest-grossing biography movie in our database, with $1B worldwide, ahead of Oppenheimer (2023) at $975.8M and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) at $910.8M. 1,149 biography films in our database report a worldwide gross, $28.5B in all, 48% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 70 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $23.6B across 914 biography releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,149
- combined worldwide
- $28.5B
- films crossed $100M
- 70
- earned in the US & Canada
- 48%
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All 1,149 Biography Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 501 to 550 of 1,149. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 501
2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M - 502
Sep 23, 2011 US and Canada: $538.7K Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $3.3M - 503
Mar 18, 2016 US and Canada: $13.1K Rest of the world: $3.3M Worldwide: $3.3M - 504
Nov 6, 2018 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $3.2M - 505
May 8, 2015 US and Canada: $429.5K Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $3.2M - 506
Nov 14, 2014 US and Canada: $3.1M Rest of the world: $42.7K Worldwide: $3.2M - 507
Dec 23, 2022 US and Canada: $705.8K Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $3.1M - 508
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2016)Aug 19, 2016 US and Canada: $288.5K Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $3.1M
Aug 19, 2016 · German · Biography, Drama, Thriller $3.1M worldwide - 509
Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M - 510
Nov 16, 1994 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $815 Worldwide: $3M - 511
Aug 9, 1996 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $386 Worldwide: $3M - 512
Apr 28, 1995 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3M - 513
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026)May 7, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M
May 7, 2026 · English · Documentary, Biography, Music $3M worldwide - 514
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $3M - 515
Jan 28, 2000 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $40.8K Worldwide: $3M - 516
Jul 13, 2012 US and Canada: $898.3K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $3M - 517
Aug 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3M - 518
Nov 12, 2003 US and Canada: $2.8M Rest of the world: $169.4K Worldwide: $2.9M - 519
Oct 17, 2003 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $2.9M - 520
Aug 10, 1984 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.9M - 521
Nov 2, 2018 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $2.9M - 522
Jun 19, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M - 523
Nov 7, 1986 US and Canada: $2.8M Rest of the world: $24.2K Worldwide: $2.9M - 524
Aug 9, 2002 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $2.8M - 525
Feb 13, 2026 US and Canada: $688.8K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.8M - 526
Sep 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M - 527
Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)Oct 1, 2004 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $128.3K Worldwide: $2.8M Oct 1, 2004 · English · Biography, Drama $2.8M worldwide - 528
Jun 6, 2008 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $2.8M - 529
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M - 530
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)Apr 30, 2004 US and Canada: $2.7M Rest of the world: $13.8K Worldwide: $2.7M Apr 30, 2004 · English · Biography, Drama, Sport $2.7M worldwide - 531
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: $641.8K Worldwide: $2.7M - 532
The Photographer of Mauthausen (2019)Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.7M
Mar 1, 2019 · Spanish · Biography, Drama, History $2.7M worldwide - 533
Oct 13, 2006 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $2.7M - 534
Sep 17, 2021 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $272.1K Worldwide: $2.7M - 535
Jul 20, 2018 US and Canada: $1.3M Rest of the world: $1.4M Worldwide: $2.7M - 536
Dec 27, 1991 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.6M - 537
Nov 14, 1980 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.6M - 538
Mar 27, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6M - 539
Oct 10, 2018 US and Canada: $466.4K Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $2.6M - 540
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song (2022)Jul 1, 2022 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $2.6M Jul 1, 2022 · English · Biography, Music, Documentary $2.6M worldwide - 541
Nov 3, 2017 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: $39.2K Worldwide: $2.5M - 542
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5M - 543
Mar 31, 1995 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5M - 544
Jul 22, 2005 US and Canada: $463.1K Rest of the world: $2M Worldwide: $2.5M - 545
Jun 1, 2018 US and Canada: $44.3K Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $2.4M - 546
Apr 21, 1995 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: $21.4K Worldwide: $2.4M - 547
Feb 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M - 548
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $390.7K Worldwide: $2.3M - 549
Quisling: The Final Days (2025)Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.3M
Mar 21, 2025 · Norwegian · Biography, Drama, History $2.3M worldwide - 550
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)Nov 10, 2006 US and Canada: $223.2K Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $2.3M Nov 10, 2006 · English · Biography, Drama, Mystery $2.3M worldwide
Archive
Biography Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1929 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $2.3B, led by Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
2020s 7 years · $4.7B
2010s 10 years · $13.3B
- 2019 $1.3B #1 Ford v Ferrari (2019)
- 2018 $2.3B #1 Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- 2017 $1.6B #1 The Greatest Showman (2017)
- 2016 $1.6B #1 Dangal (2016)
- 2015 $1.6B #1 Everest (2015)
- 2014 $1.7B #1 American Sniper (2014)
- 2013 $2.1B #1 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- 2012 $511.3M #1 Lincoln (2012)
- 2011 $319.8M #1 The Iron Lady (2011)
- 2010 $341.2M #1 The Social Network (2010)
2000s 10 years · $5.9B
- 2009 $1B #1 The Blind Side (2009)
- 2008 $330.9M #1 The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
- 2007 $638.4M #1 Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
- 2006 $775.2M #1 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- 2005 $671M #1 Walk the Line (2005)
- 2004 $683.8M #1 The Aviator (2004)
- 2003 $165.3M #1 Monster (2003)
- 2002 $674.3M #1 Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- 2001 $541.6M #1 A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- 2000 $385.6M #1 Erin Brockovich (2000)
1990s 10 years · $2.7B
- 1999 $347.4M #1 The Hurricane (1999)
- 1998 $301.1M #1 Patch Adams (1998)
- 1997 $214.7M #1 Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- 1996 $219.4M #1 Evita (1996)
- 1995 $385.1M #1 Braveheart (1995)
- 1994 $52.6M #1 Wyatt Earp (1994)
- 1993 $652.9M #1 Schindler's List (1993)
- 1992 $106.3M #1 Malcolm X (1992)
- 1991 $291.7M #1 JFK (1991)
- 1990 $102.9M #1 Goodfellas (1990)
1980s 10 years · $1.2B
- 1989 $212.2M #1 Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- 1988 $172.8M #1 Good Morning, Vietnam (1988)
- 1987 $105.8M #1 La Bamba (1987)
- 1986 $3.5M #1 Sid and Nancy (1986)
- 1985 $254.3M #1 Out of Africa (1985)
- 1984 $2.9M #1 Phar Lap (1984)
- 1983 $129.6M #1 Gandhi (1983)
- 1982 $73.3M #1 Chariots of Fire (1982)
- 1981 $61.5M #1 Reds (1981)
- 1980 $135.5M #1 Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)